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the poll in the free press and the pew poll not the only good news for the romney forces. they got a big boost as well in gallup's tracking poll which shows a 47-47 tie among likely voters contacted on the 4th through the 6th. in pre-debate polling, mr. obama, president obama, led by five. as for today's pew poll, the obama campaign takes issue with the party makeup of people surveyed, saying it tilts republican compared to september. the romney campaign, on the other hand, says it's pleased with the numbers. joining us now, jim acosta with the romney campaign in newport news, virginia and on the phone, dan lothian with president obama's campaign. jim, you're on the trail with the romney campaign. what's the reaction to the latest polling, because republicans were complaining about these polls as soon as last week. now the poll is good news for them. are they complaining? >> well, anderson, i have to tell you i just saw mitt romney standing out in a drenching rain in newport news just a couple hours ago and he still had a smile on his face. they're pretty happy. they have
the poll in the free press and the pew poll not the only good news for the romney forces. they got a big boost as well in gallup's tracking poll which shows a 47-47 tie among likely voters contacted on the 4th through the 6th. in pre-debate polling, mr. obama, president obama, led by five. as for today's pew poll, the obama campaign takes issue with the party makeup of people surveyed, saying it tilts republican compared to september. the romney campaign, on the other hand, says it's pleased...
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all the polls i see show that governor romney has great enthusiasm with the base of our party and if he's tied or better with independents, that means he's in a great position in this race. >> well, we shall see. jen, matt, thanks to both and now, our fourth story. a story of mental illness and drug abees. tonight, we are learning new and disturbing details about the life of johnny lewis in the months and weeks before he murdered his elderly landlady and ultimately fell to his death as he tried to get away. also a dismembered cat. there have been stories he was exhibiting superhuman strength. the story is bizarre and tragic. "outfront" tonight, defense attorney jonathan mandel. you represented johnny in two cases. can you tell us a bit about his behooifr? >> behavior with me was fine when he was in treatment and also in the twin towers facility. if you were asking, i think you were asking about his behavior that led to the charges? is that right? >> so, i just -- something just came in i want to read to you. we just spoke be with the los angeles county probation department. i'll quot
all the polls i see show that governor romney has great enthusiasm with the base of our party and if he's tied or better with independents, that means he's in a great position in this race. >> well, we shall see. jen, matt, thanks to both and now, our fourth story. a story of mental illness and drug abees. tonight, we are learning new and disturbing details about the life of johnny lewis in the months and weeks before he murdered his elderly landlady and ultimately fell to his death as he...
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romney was getting hammered in the polls. keeping them honest though, disputing or downplaying the obvious, that's what campaigns do on both sides. >> it's not going to be about the polls. >> i wouldn't put a lot of weight in any of these national polls for the next cuouple days. >> in terms of mitt romney surging, just remember how much of a deficit he had to make up. he was in some cases double digits behind the president in all those attributes. >> pull back the reins. >> the media is focusing on one poll. >> that's reaction to the recent batch of polling, including that devastating pew poll that showed a four point romney lead. now consider that pew took an earlier poll in september a couple weeks before the debate, it was the republicans going ballistic when it showed romney eight points down. watch. >> these polls are basically just part and parcel of the campaign for barack obama to help him stay in this game as long as possible. >> if you believe what the polls are saying right now, you've got to believe that there's
romney was getting hammered in the polls. keeping them honest though, disputing or downplaying the obvious, that's what campaigns do on both sides. >> it's not going to be about the polls. >> i wouldn't put a lot of weight in any of these national polls for the next cuouple days. >> in terms of mitt romney surging, just remember how much of a deficit he had to make up. he was in some cases double digits behind the president in all those attributes. >> pull back the...
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let's talk about the new poll, polling information showing romney is trailing in the race nationwide. tell us more. >> we're getting new polls every day at this point in the race, which is fun for us. a new fox news poll has obama up by 48 to 43 margin over mitt romney. that's in keeping with other polls we have seen recently both nationally and in swing states, you know this poll looks like a lot of others. obama has advantages over romney on the economy and a range of issues. one thing that stood out in the poll is that a lot of voters didn't like how obama's handling the situation in libya. and the romney campaign sort of sees that as well which is why you see them hitting obama so hard on this lately. but there is still a problem here for romney. this is why the debates are so important. romney wants to change the fundamental structure of this race with this debate coming up next wednesday. remember, over 50 million people watched the first presidential debate in 2008. this is going to be a big moment coming up next week, fred, for mitt romney. >> well, let's shift to the u.s. sen
let's talk about the new poll, polling information showing romney is trailing in the race nationwide. tell us more. >> we're getting new polls every day at this point in the race, which is fun for us. a new fox news poll has obama up by 48 to 43 margin over mitt romney. that's in keeping with other polls we have seen recently both nationally and in swing states, you know this poll looks like a lot of others. obama has advantages over romney on the economy and a range of issues. one thing...
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a brand new poll of likely voters showing mitt romney out ahead and leading the president 49-45%. and look at this. since last month, the president is down six percentage points in that same poll. now, it is just one poll, but take a closer look at the numbers and there may be some pretty red flags out there for the incumbent. voters say romney did a better job at the debate on wednesday night. 66 to 20%. and that has helped change some voters views of governor romney. he's now polled even with obama among voters who see him as a quote strong leader. just last month, romney was trailing in that category, trailing, not just by a little. by 13 points, in fact. another contributing factor to obama's slide, women. this might be a surprise, but women are now evenly divided in their support of the two candidates. take a look at your screen. just last month, obama led romney by 18 points among women, so that is big. and keep in mind obama won this voting block by 13 points in 2008, so it's getting even bigger. another contributing factor to romney's big gains, voters say they think he's
a brand new poll of likely voters showing mitt romney out ahead and leading the president 49-45%. and look at this. since last month, the president is down six percentage points in that same poll. now, it is just one poll, but take a closer look at the numbers and there may be some pretty red flags out there for the incumbent. voters say romney did a better job at the debate on wednesday night. 66 to 20%. and that has helped change some voters views of governor romney. he's now polled even with...
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our latest cnn poll of polls today shows president obama ahead by one point. 49 to 48 for mitt romney and it could all come down to this state where i am tonight. ohio. both campaigns made stops here today. mitt romney's campaign just announced he will make a stop here tomorrow as well. now, each man spent the day crisscrossing the united states, trying to make final pleas to voters. >> we have got to lead america to a better place. we're one day away from a fresh start. >> after all we have been through through together, we can't give up on it now. we've got more work to do. >> all of the key swing states are getting a glimpse of the candidates and their running mates today. florida, virginia, wisconsin, colorado, iowa, new hampshire and nevada. joining me here in ohio is john avlon. he has been traveling the state aboard the cnn election express bus. i'm also joined by john king in washington, d.c. the electoral college map, how does it add up right now? >> when you talk to the two campaigns, it's as if even though it's one country, they live in parallel universes. both saying they
our latest cnn poll of polls today shows president obama ahead by one point. 49 to 48 for mitt romney and it could all come down to this state where i am tonight. ohio. both campaigns made stops here today. mitt romney's campaign just announced he will make a stop here tomorrow as well. now, each man spent the day crisscrossing the united states, trying to make final pleas to voters. >> we have got to lead america to a better place. we're one day away from a fresh start. >> after...
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i want to ask you because there's been so much criticism of the polls from the romney side of things. people have said the polls assume more democrats are going to turn out. at cnn, our polls do not assume that and chris wallace, fox news, said the criticism of the polls craziness. he said no self-respecting pollster in the country would a political party, so even fox doesn't seem to be backing the conspiracy theories on your side. >> all i'm doing is trying to explain there are different polls. one of the numbers your viewers should keep watching is to look at obama -- president obama's job approval ratings. they have been in the mid 40s for much of the year. twice they've spiked to around 50. right now, he's around 50. this is about a high water mark for president obama. each time he has gotten to that magical 50% has immediately dropped back down. look, if he can keep his job approval rating at 50 or higher, he's going to be in a good position, but he's never been able to do that. if you see that drop again, you'll continue to show polls that show this is tight. >> jen, your intern
i want to ask you because there's been so much criticism of the polls from the romney side of things. people have said the polls assume more democrats are going to turn out. at cnn, our polls do not assume that and chris wallace, fox news, said the criticism of the polls craziness. he said no self-respecting pollster in the country would a political party, so even fox doesn't seem to be backing the conspiracy theories on your side. >> all i'm doing is trying to explain there are different...
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. >> a national poll showing romney's national favorability at 53%, just shy of obama at 54%, there used to be a much greater gap there, are we saying that turn decideds are certainly playing a role in a big way here? >> yes, i think that usually, in most polling experts, most of the political experts who have studied this over the years, if you're undecided at this late stage, you have a tendency numb necessarily huge numbers, but in bigger numbers for the challanger as opposed to the incumbent. you've known the incumbent for four years, you've gotten used to it, you know what to expect. the challenger, if you're still undecided, there's a tendency to break for the challenger. >> do we think this election really will be this close? >> yes, i think it will be this close. i'm going to be anchoring our coverage, as you know, tuesday night, so i'm getting ready for a long night. four years ago at 11:00 p.m. on the east coast when the polls closed on the west coast, california, oregon, washington state, hawaii, we projected a winner of 270-plus electoral college votes for barack obama. i don
. >> a national poll showing romney's national favorability at 53%, just shy of obama at 54%, there used to be a much greater gap there, are we saying that turn decideds are certainly playing a role in a big way here? >> yes, i think that usually, in most polling experts, most of the political experts who have studied this over the years, if you're undecided at this late stage, you have a tendency numb necessarily huge numbers, but in bigger numbers for the challanger as opposed to...
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right now the polling is mixed. some polls show romney with a small lead. other polls show the president's got a lead, and no surprise, the state of florida, we're having some voting issues there. cnn's john zarrella is live in plantation, florida, this morning. good morning, john. >> you're right. it is tight here as you would expect in florida. mitt romney leading the president in that cnn/orc poll by one percentage point, 50% to 49%. while mitt romney was not in florida over the weekend, he'll be here today, the president did come down to south florida to one of the key, key counties, broward county, because he knows how important that county is, heavily democratic. he spoke to about 23,000 people gathered at a local rye tool there. he spoke for about 20 minutes. you mention the problem early voting rt shofsenned this year from 14 days four years ago down to eight days. there were repeated efforts by the league of women voters, senator bill nelson, to get the republican governor rick scott, to extend the time for early voting. he did not do it. people st
right now the polling is mixed. some polls show romney with a small lead. other polls show the president's got a lead, and no surprise, the state of florida, we're having some voting issues there. cnn's john zarrella is live in plantation, florida, this morning. good morning, john. >> you're right. it is tight here as you would expect in florida. mitt romney leading the president in that cnn/orc poll by one percentage point, 50% to 49%. while mitt romney was not in florida over the...
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so, the latest polling out of north carolina, if it's any indication, you could see romney's demise in swing states has been great lly exaggerated. romney is now leading in north carolina by four percentage points. last week, we showed you another poll from the state which had the president ahead by two points. this is pretty incredible and nationally, our new poll shows the president ahead by three points. as you can see, that's within the margin of error. is this new momentum for the romney campaign going to be enough? ben and tara, good to see you. i know you have been out here, jen was out here saying on friday, look, we're always going to play like we're five points behind, but are you worried when you see polls like this? >> well, you know, we never thought we were going to win these battleground states by ten points. this has been a closer competitive race for the past year and a half. but you saw in the poll cnn had today in which the president has reraced mitt romney's edge on the economy. and i think that's because the american people have started to focus on his policies. th
so, the latest polling out of north carolina, if it's any indication, you could see romney's demise in swing states has been great lly exaggerated. romney is now leading in north carolina by four percentage points. last week, we showed you another poll from the state which had the president ahead by two points. this is pretty incredible and nationally, our new poll shows the president ahead by three points. as you can see, that's within the margin of error. is this new momentum for the romney...
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the one thing that stood out to me is the washington post abc poll, 48.56% obama, 48.49 romney. i mean, literally, negligible and even in the swing states it's too close to call. i don't think that's true. i think it's true on some of the national polls but they are not as relevant as the swing state polls and you're seeing incremental increases every day in favor of the president. so i think, you know, honestly, it's going to be a good day on tuesday for the president and therefore for the country. >> how damaging, kelly ann, was mayor bloomberg's endorsement of president obama? he's been holding off endorsing anybody. he's been well known to be an independent. he came out very strong and said president obama he believes in climate change and mitt romney doesn't. he also attacked mitt romney for where i believe the vulnerability is the endless flip-flopping. it's not a good thing that he endorses a former republican mayor, somebody totally influential, endorses a democratic president. >> he's been a republican and democrat and an independent. so i guess he has the luxury of end
the one thing that stood out to me is the washington post abc poll, 48.56% obama, 48.49 romney. i mean, literally, negligible and even in the swing states it's too close to call. i don't think that's true. i think it's true on some of the national polls but they are not as relevant as the swing state polls and you're seeing incremental increases every day in favor of the president. so i think, you know, honestly, it's going to be a good day on tuesday for the president and therefore for the...
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a poll shows obama leading by just two points, but a mason dixon poll gives romney the edge. 51% of likely voters say they'll vote for the republican candidate, while 45% say they'll vote for obama. so another state that could be a make or break state for both campaigns, we're talking about colorado now, which is home to nine electoral votes. in 2008, obama won that state. but in the past, it has favored republicans. kyung lah joins us from englewood, colorado, where mitt romney will be holding a rally later on today. nearly 1.5 million people have already voted in colorado there by mail-in, early voting, et cetera. what is the impact that is expected? >> well, what we're expecting is that we're going to know colorado very quickly, if it is overwhelmingly one way or the other. that's according to the secretary of state. this complicates things for those trying to get registered independents on their side, specifically mitt romney. if you look at the numbers, 85% of all registered voters will have voted before tuesday. already, we're hearing 1.6 million votes have already been sent in to th
a poll shows obama leading by just two points, but a mason dixon poll gives romney the edge. 51% of likely voters say they'll vote for the republican candidate, while 45% say they'll vote for obama. so another state that could be a make or break state for both campaigns, we're talking about colorado now, which is home to nine electoral votes. in 2008, obama won that state. but in the past, it has favored republicans. kyung lah joins us from englewood, colorado, where mitt romney will be holding...
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mitt romney and the polls are showing you're behind, it allows for you to send a signal for your supporters, hey, we need to get off our butts and get moving. on the obama side, they should be saying look, don't be sitting here, we should be saying pound, pound, pound because you simply can't predict anything. 2004, many media folks based on upon exit polls, they thought john kerry was going to be president. those exit polls were wrong. >> fox news apparently that night, they thought john kerry was going to win until the very end. >> and you have to remember the down ballot races matter a lot. let's say president obama does indeed win. >> congress and senate. >> then republicans are going, they need to redouble their efforts to retake the senate and that's already looking dicey. that's why president obama had active efforts in texas in 2008 because those down ballot races really matter for the future and for your leverage when you come into office. >> thanks to all three and please let us now whether you think the polls are actually reflecting the real numbers right now. >>> next, there are
mitt romney and the polls are showing you're behind, it allows for you to send a signal for your supporters, hey, we need to get off our butts and get moving. on the obama side, they should be saying look, don't be sitting here, we should be saying pound, pound, pound because you simply can't predict anything. 2004, many media folks based on upon exit polls, they thought john kerry was going to be president. those exit polls were wrong. >> fox news apparently that night, they thought john...
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mitt romney gaining on the president in poll after poll. >> and by the way, i think paul ryan will do great. >> both sides will join me here. and in the corner the democrats debby wasserman-schultz. >> it was a terrorist attack. let's be honest about it. flip-flopping again on abortion. frank bruni and my panelists go toe to toe. this is tpiers morgan tonight. >> good evening. 27 days to go until the election look at where we stand tonight. 48% for mitt romney and 47% for president obama. anything could happen on this race which tells you how high the stakes are. joe biden is in delaware tonight deep in debate preparations. paul ryan arriving in kentucky a little while ago. over the last four years we have not had the kind of strong leadership we needed in washington to take on our challenges. time and again he told us he would take on the things that he needs to. he hasn't and i will. >> in the midst of all of this talk of our debate. listen to what he told diane sawyer on abc. >> if you have a bad game you move on and move forward to the next one. welcome. >> how are you tonight? >>
mitt romney gaining on the president in poll after poll. >> and by the way, i think paul ryan will do great. >> both sides will join me here. and in the corner the democrats debby wasserman-schultz. >> it was a terrorist attack. let's be honest about it. flip-flopping again on abortion. frank bruni and my panelists go toe to toe. this is tpiers morgan tonight. >> good evening. 27 days to go until the election look at where we stand tonight. 48% for mitt romney and 47%...
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two state news polls shows mitt romney slightly down but still ahead in the poll there's. romney, 35%. paul, 20%. huntsman, 11%. let's take a look t the other poll that we have here as well. this is romney at 40%, huntsman at 17%, paul at 16%. with romney ahead by so much, what are the next 24 hours about for the candidates? what's the story to watch coming out of new hampshire? >> i think the most fascinating thing right now is how huntsman and ron paul are both fighting over independent voters. remember, independent voters, what makes a difference in new hampshire. open primary, independent voters make up 40% of the local electora electorate. that's what folks are fighting over. right now huntsman and paul rising in the polls. romney safely ahead but as long as that margin closes that's the real fight. watching ron paul and jon huntsman take fights at each other to knock mitt romney off his person. >> if we can talk to mull here for a second. has they're headed into south carolina, i was reading an article this morning saying that people, even though they're not excite a
two state news polls shows mitt romney slightly down but still ahead in the poll there's. romney, 35%. paul, 20%. huntsman, 11%. let's take a look t the other poll that we have here as well. this is romney at 40%, huntsman at 17%, paul at 16%. with romney ahead by so much, what are the next 24 hours about for the candidates? what's the story to watch coming out of new hampshire? >> i think the most fascinating thing right now is how huntsman and ron paul are both fighting over independent...
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our latest cnn orc poll of polls nationally has mitt romney tied with president obama, 49-49. but aides to president obama, david axelrod and david gibbs expressing confidence this morning saying that they think he will carry not only the electoral college, but also the popular vote, and, yeah, it is already very noisy here in the nationwide arena as you can tell, brooke. there is actually some areas you can't see, i know, on camera, in the upper levels of the arena that are not full at this point. but president obama won't be speaking for another couple of hours. so we'll see if those fill up. there is some overflow area outside in case, and he's really trying to get enthusiasm going by bringing out some entertainment firepower. big show here today. the biggest show of all of his rallies, both jay-z and bruce springsteen will be performing, brooke. >> okay. so jay-z and the boss in columbus, helping rally for the president. i know you and i talked, when was it last week, week before, talking about the president, he already cast his ballot in chicago. so what will the presiden
our latest cnn orc poll of polls nationally has mitt romney tied with president obama, 49-49. but aides to president obama, david axelrod and david gibbs expressing confidence this morning saying that they think he will carry not only the electoral college, but also the popular vote, and, yeah, it is already very noisy here in the nationwide arena as you can tell, brooke. there is actually some areas you can't see, i know, on camera, in the upper levels of the arena that are not full at this...
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here's to back it up, a tampa bay times/miami herald poll, a bigger romney lead. clearly, romney momentum. the obama campaign says it's not that big in florida but he's pulling up into at least a tie, maybe slightly ahead. that's not all. let's start out in the west. look at battleground state polls out here since the first debate. nevada on your left, colorado on your right. a dead heat in nevada, dead heat in colorado. romney's been doing well in the west holding his own. he's boosted his standing a bit since the first debate in the two battlegrounds out there. come over to the heartland, in the state of ohio, you see here, again, he was down a lot in wisconsin before the first presidential debate. that's paul ryan's home state. he's pulled into a statistical tie. this one's a bit more troublesome for the romney campaign. they are closer in ohio than before the first debate but still behind. the president has kept a small but steady lead in the state of ohio. that one's a bit of a problem for romney but he's at least closer from before the debate. after the deba
here's to back it up, a tampa bay times/miami herald poll, a bigger romney lead. clearly, romney momentum. the obama campaign says it's not that big in florida but he's pulling up into at least a tie, maybe slightly ahead. that's not all. let's start out in the west. look at battleground state polls out here since the first debate. nevada on your left, colorado on your right. a dead heat in nevada, dead heat in colorado. romney's been doing well in the west holding his own. he's boosted his...
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governor romney is way ahead there, 55%, president obama at 39% in that polling. let's focus a little bit more on congress. how do you see the balance of power going? if you look at -- >> i'll go out on a limb and -- >> go ahead, sir. >> i was just going to say, i was going to go out on a limb and predict that governor romney will take texas. >> you know, i felt confident that you were going to go out on that very limb and predict that very thing. let's say, in all seriousness that, in fact, the chambers are split and you basically have what we have now. regardless of who wins, how do you navigate that so that we don't have a stalemate like we saw so much over the last years? >> well, again, today is obviously -- i know it's somewhat cliche, but today is the only poll that counts. we're going to have to find out do we have a united government or divided government? regardless, the american people know as a nation we've got to quit spending money we don't have. you know, in the last four years, we've had more debt created than in the last 200. you've got to quit sp
governor romney is way ahead there, 55%, president obama at 39% in that polling. let's focus a little bit more on congress. how do you see the balance of power going? if you look at -- >> i'll go out on a limb and -- >> go ahead, sir. >> i was just going to say, i was going to go out on a limb and predict that governor romney will take texas. >> you know, i felt confident that you were going to go out on that very limb and predict that very thing. let's say, in all...
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mitt romney with the slimmest of leads in that latest cnn/orc poll. just one percentage point. 50% to 49% over the president. florida once again basically a toss-up state. now, the president did come to florida yesterday. he was in hollywood, into, at macarthur high school. he spoke for about 20, 24 minutes, to 23,000 people, who had gathered for the rally there, and had spent many hours waiting to see the president show up for that rally down here in hollywood, florida. broward county one of the key, key counties the president must carry with huge numbers. now, mitt romney did not come to florida yesterday but he will be here today. and absentee ballots to be brought in in miami-dade county yesterday because of the enormous lines when early voting ended on saturday, but it was a mess in miami-dade. they opened, then they closed because of printer problems, then opened again. and the lines were once again hugely long there in miami dade county, and the folks will once again today be allowed, john, to go ahead and fill out absentee ballots at the super
mitt romney with the slimmest of leads in that latest cnn/orc poll. just one percentage point. 50% to 49% over the president. florida once again basically a toss-up state. now, the president did come to florida yesterday. he was in hollywood, into, at macarthur high school. he spoke for about 20, 24 minutes, to 23,000 people, who had gathered for the rally there, and had spent many hours waiting to see the president show up for that rally down here in hollywood, florida. broward county one of...
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i talked to another romney aide about the poll numbers showing mitt romney up by four points over the president. they were expressing that aide expressing some caution about this poll number saying they would have preferred that number coming out on november 4th. not on october 8th. wolf? >> all right. thanks very much for that, jim acosta. mitt romney's call to arm syrian rebels could level the playing field in the country's civil war and put weapons in the hands potentially of 2riterrorists. pentagon correspondent chris stewart is worki in lawrence is working this side of story. >> reporter: this is a major difference. governor romney is advocating for an aggressive american approach to syria. it carries a reward in that if and when bashar al assad falls, the americans and the united states would really have a seat at the table as to what comes next but the risk is that some of the arms that could flow in to syria could be in the hands of terrorists. in a mitt romney administration, the u.s. could be fighting a proxy war with iran in syria. governor romney said monday that iran is s
i talked to another romney aide about the poll numbers showing mitt romney up by four points over the president. they were expressing that aide expressing some caution about this poll number saying they would have preferred that number coming out on november 4th. not on october 8th. wolf? >> all right. thanks very much for that, jim acosta. mitt romney's call to arm syrian rebels could level the playing field in the country's civil war and put weapons in the hands potentially of...
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the problem is if the polls are wrong, not ultimately his fault on election day if mitt romney wins. i think -- so, that's why his model is showing such a strong obama lead, it's because these slight but collective leads in these swing state polls all make his model show that very strong result. >> can we assume, marjorie, do you think that if romney was to lose, all the blame will be laid squarely on hurricane sandy with a dash of chris christie? >> absolutely. because these the latest and greatest. one of the things in that "saturday night live" skit i thought was funny was mitt romney saying but do you remember the first debate, remember how great i was in the first debate? we have such a short attention span with these things. when it comes down to it three groups of voters that will make all the difference, absolutely the independentsed when a did see obama go from behind a double-digit loss up to almost square even as of this weekend. women, a gap between where women are voting than mccain and george w. bush. there was conventional wisdom more young people turned out in the nex
the problem is if the polls are wrong, not ultimately his fault on election day if mitt romney wins. i think -- so, that's why his model is showing such a strong obama lead, it's because these slight but collective leads in these swing state polls all make his model show that very strong result. >> can we assume, marjorie, do you think that if romney was to lose, all the blame will be laid squarely on hurricane sandy with a dash of chris christie? >> absolutely. because these the...
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you would think a win would be reflected in poll numbers. take a look at this second cnn poll on registered voters choice for president. no change since may. president obama still at 49%. mitt romney at 46%. what is going on here? what does it mean for the race for the white house? joining me now for our story, one of the leading voices speaking out, michele bachmann. congresswoman, thank you for joining me again. why are you so opposed to universal health care for all? >> we want health care for everyone. we want it at the cheapest possible price for the american people and for everyone involved. we want the highest possible quality for the greatest number of people and part of the problem with obama care has been that it is absolutely exploded cost. president obama promised that every american would save $2,50 a year on their health care premium and the reverse happened, going up by $2,200 so that's a $5,000 swing from what the president promised. costs are exploding. we're beginning to see denial of care by the obama care board so this is
you would think a win would be reflected in poll numbers. take a look at this second cnn poll on registered voters choice for president. no change since may. president obama still at 49%. mitt romney at 46%. what is going on here? what does it mean for the race for the white house? joining me now for our story, one of the leading voices speaking out, michele bachmann. congresswoman, thank you for joining me again. why are you so opposed to universal health care for all? >> we want health...
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cnn/orc poll debate watchers, 48% for president obama, 40% for mitt romney. you sort of grimace. >> i'm actually smiling, because on points, some of the polls say he won the debate. the polls also said you're more or less likely to vote for president obama or mitt romney -- >> most said neither. >> ppp -- >> robo calls. >> it was 47-35. for obama it was 32 most likely, 46 against. the bottom line is that governor romney on initiative counts, which at the end of this debate, who are you going to vote for? who do you want to be commander in chief, governor romney did pretty well last night. >> i'll clarify for the ppp poll. wh we talked about that earlier. it's a robo call. >> he we don't use it at cnn. >> but the cnn poll you count and that was a draw. >> it was a draw, 24% for governor romney and 20 -- >> you look at the president who came out really hot last night. he was hot. my sense is he's seeing his lead dissipates in the polls. >> draws the win is what you're saying? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> a lot of agreement last night. change in tone, we were t
cnn/orc poll debate watchers, 48% for president obama, 40% for mitt romney. you sort of grimace. >> i'm actually smiling, because on points, some of the polls say he won the debate. the polls also said you're more or less likely to vote for president obama or mitt romney -- >> most said neither. >> ppp -- >> robo calls. >> it was 47-35. for obama it was 32 most likely, 46 against. the bottom line is that governor romney on initiative counts, which at the end of...
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and we all want to work together, but it is ridiculous to pretend yet again that women ran to the polls because of abortion. >> look, i think it was so clear last night. and kellyanne can keep speaking. but the only thing that mitt romney did, he took extreme positions of overturning rowe and what was clear to me, when it was clear that mitt romney was going down in defeat, he ran millions of dollars of adds trying to convince women that he was not that extreme on women's health issues. it didn't work. women didn't vote for him. and that's the reason, frankly, that president obama was re-elected. >> where is that in the exit polls? >> let's agree on one thing. 20 years ago, there were seven women in the senate. thanks to last night there are now 20. >> that's right. >> that's something to celebrate, season the it? >> very exciting. it's incredibly exciting. i think we saw over and over again, heidi highcamp who was victorious inned in in the. that's a state where a republican should have easily won. but heidi has a strong position in support of women's health. she's a breast cancer surv
and we all want to work together, but it is ridiculous to pretend yet again that women ran to the polls because of abortion. >> look, i think it was so clear last night. and kellyanne can keep speaking. but the only thing that mitt romney did, he took extreme positions of overturning rowe and what was clear to me, when it was clear that mitt romney was going down in defeat, he ran millions of dollars of adds trying to convince women that he was not that extreme on women's health issues....
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polls aside, enthusiasm does seem to be building for romney. his campaign says he attracted 9,000 people at a rally in florida on sunday. he raised $12 million in online donations after the debate. romney remains in a statistical tie with the president although most political analysts say voter enthusiasm and subsequent turnout could decide the election. talk back question for you today. how enthusiastic are you about voting? facebook.com/carolcnn. your response is later this hour. >>> it was billed as the rumble in the air conditioned auditorium and when jon stewart went head to head with bill o'reil o'reilly, things got funny. you. we know you. we know you have to rise early... and work late, with not enough sleep in between. how you sometimes need to get over to that exit, like, right now. and how things aren't... just about you anymore. introducing the all-new, smart-sensing... honda accord. it starts with you. i have a cold... i took dayquil, but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't work on runny noses. w
polls aside, enthusiasm does seem to be building for romney. his campaign says he attracted 9,000 people at a rally in florida on sunday. he raised $12 million in online donations after the debate. romney remains in a statistical tie with the president although most political analysts say voter enthusiasm and subsequent turnout could decide the election. talk back question for you today. how enthusiastic are you about voting? facebook.com/carolcnn. your response is later this hour. >>>...
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before mitt romney's well reviewed debate performance, an nbc-wall street journal poll found obama leading romney 51% to 43% among likely ohio voters. can a debate change ohio's democratic drift? the state's attorney general mike dewine and former governor ted strickland are next. 50 let's talk about low-cost investing. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 at schwab, we're committed to offering you tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 low-cost investment options-- tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 like our exchange traded funds, or etfs tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 which now have the lowest tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 operating expenses tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 in their respective tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 lipper categories. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 lower than spdr tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and even lower than vanguard. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 that means with schwab, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 your portfolio has tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 a better chance to grow. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and you can trade all our etfs online, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 commission-free, from your schwab account. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 so let's talk
before mitt romney's well reviewed debate performance, an nbc-wall street journal poll found obama leading romney 51% to 43% among likely ohio voters. can a debate change ohio's democratic drift? the state's attorney general mike dewine and former governor ted strickland are next. 50 let's talk about low-cost investing. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 at schwab, we're committed to offering you tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 low-cost investment options-- tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 like our exchange traded funds, or etfs...
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the fox news poll, 49% obama, 42% romney. the reuters poll, obama 49%, romney 42%. what's going on here? >> couple things. one, we're looking at registered voters here. when you look at likely voters underneath that, there's more intensity on the republican side. so the race does get a little closer. but obama remains a couple points ahead as he does i think in most polls. nothing fundamentally has changed here except one thing. mitt romney's negative does seem to be going up. some of the obama attacks seem to be having an effect on it after this long, long summer we've been through. but the race is still about bigger things. the economy hasn't changed. it's still going down the toilet. we're losing jobs. the race is still basically very close. >> when you say the difference between registered and likely voters, registered voters are people who have already registered. likely voters are registered voters plus those who might still register. >> no. likely voters are those who are on the rolls, but when you ask them are you really sure they're going to vote in they te
the fox news poll, 49% obama, 42% romney. the reuters poll, obama 49%, romney 42%. what's going on here? >> couple things. one, we're looking at registered voters here. when you look at likely voters underneath that, there's more intensity on the republican side. so the race does get a little closer. but obama remains a couple points ahead as he does i think in most polls. nothing fundamentally has changed here except one thing. mitt romney's negative does seem to be going up. some of the...
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, an ap poll, "washington journal" poll, that show he has been making up ground when it comes to women. >> tomorrow, talk about making up ground. who knows how it's going to go out, but mitt romney has pulled a hell of a comeback in mississippi and alabama. he was trailing, and now, it's one or two. >> and newt as well. we're seeing the prospect of newt pulling a triple lazarus. >> i think mitt romney's found his voice. huge upset. >> sure? states in the deep south. >> i like that. triple lazarus and biblical hat trick. >>> and now to a story that has rocked the medical world and created a fire storm around prenatal testing. a couple was awarding $2.9 million after their daughter was unexpectedly born with down syndrome. they were expecting their third child in 2008. now, because of her age, she did prenatal tests and was told she was having a healthy baby, but learned she had abnormalities. they sued legacy health center for botching the test and said they would have aborted the pregnancy if they knew their child had down syndrome. >> i think the jury was asked to consider was this me
, an ap poll, "washington journal" poll, that show he has been making up ground when it comes to women. >> tomorrow, talk about making up ground. who knows how it's going to go out, but mitt romney has pulled a hell of a comeback in mississippi and alabama. he was trailing, and now, it's one or two. >> and newt as well. we're seeing the prospect of newt pulling a triple lazarus. >> i think mitt romney's found his voice. huge upset. >> sure? states in the deep...
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mitt romney. peggy noonan said his rolling campaign has been a calamity. shouldn't it puz puzzle us that romney's campaign is so incompetent, given his reputation for, well, competence. after all he founded one of the leading firms, turned around the salt lake city olympics and was a very successful governor. how did he get so clumsy so fast? in fact, the problem is not romney. but the new republican party, given the direction it has moved and pressures from the extreme, powerful elements, any nominee would face the same challenge. can you be a serious candidate for the general election while not outraging the republican base? fox news anchor brit hume refused to dwell on romney's economic policies he would put in place. why wouldn't mitt romney fluent in economics explain his economic policy? because any sensible answer would cause a firestorm in his party. it's obvious with a deficit of more of 7% of gross domestic product, any solution to our budgetary problems has to involve spending cuts and tax increases. ronald reagan agreed to tax increases when it
mitt romney. peggy noonan said his rolling campaign has been a calamity. shouldn't it puz puzzle us that romney's campaign is so incompetent, given his reputation for, well, competence. after all he founded one of the leading firms, turned around the salt lake city olympics and was a very successful governor. how did he get so clumsy so fast? in fact, the problem is not romney. but the new republican party, given the direction it has moved and pressures from the extreme, powerful elements, any...
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he's jumped in the polls and is dead even with mitt romney in the most recent poll. here's why, we asked who is the most likable candidate among the republicans? there at the top is herman cain. we also asked who has the best plan to fix the economy. once again, herman cain. a lot has to do with the 9-9-9 tax plan he's been touting quite often. >> paul, his rise makes him obviously, i would imagine, a big target tonight. is he ready? >> reporter: oh, yeah. so true, so true. when you rise in the polls, more scrutiny. we saw that this weekend with a pretty tough weekend with comments he made on the border, possibly electrifying the fence and comments on his tax plan are getting push back from the other candidates. expect more of that tonight. in fact, ron paul on "american morning" is critical of the 9-9-9 plan. expect ron paul and others to come out swinging at cain and mitt romney. >> is this a make or break night for ron paul? or rick perry? >> reporter: he has dropped a lot because of his debate performances. i think he really needs a good performance tonight to st
he's jumped in the polls and is dead even with mitt romney in the most recent poll. here's why, we asked who is the most likable candidate among the republicans? there at the top is herman cain. we also asked who has the best plan to fix the economy. once again, herman cain. a lot has to do with the 9-9-9 tax plan he's been touting quite often. >> paul, his rise makes him obviously, i would imagine, a big target tonight. is he ready? >> reporter: oh, yeah. so true, so true. when you...
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>> no, no, governor romney's a good debater. i'm just okay. >> president obama talking about zingers and trying to manage expectations for the debate. charles and ross are back to talk about whether that's a good strategy. i have a poll here about who's likely to win the debate and very clearly, people think that obama will, 55% to 31%. yet, i would say that the favorite really ought to be mitt romney, purely because he spent most of the year debating against very good debaters like newt gingrich and rick santorum and others. they were very capable opponents on a debate stage. barack obama hasn't done this for four years. so i would think the advantage would definitely be with the apparent underdog, a, because people don't think he's going to win and i think he may well win that first debate and secondly, because he's the more experienced debater. >> well, i think i would caution you a little bit. i think the president, when he has given kind of press interviews, that is a form of being pressed on things so maybe you're not deba
>> no, no, governor romney's a good debater. i'm just okay. >> president obama talking about zingers and trying to manage expectations for the debate. charles and ross are back to talk about whether that's a good strategy. i have a poll here about who's likely to win the debate and very clearly, people think that obama will, 55% to 31%. yet, i would say that the favorite really ought to be mitt romney, purely because he spent most of the year debating against very good debaters like...
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when romney went out and announced, miss hole numbers rose. she went out and announced, her poll numbers rose. >> some have suggested michele bachmann in iowa could turn out to be the howard dean. you've heard of that analogy. >> i sure have. and you talk to people around town and there were people talking about the idea of sarah palin getting in the race running against sort of canceling out michele bachmann because there's fear that she gets started like a house fire and then it all just sinks, which could leave some republicans in a bad position. >> and let's be cautious right now, this is still very, very early. >> very. >> because at this stage pour years ago -- >> it's fun. >> we were talking about president giuliani as a lot of viewers probably remember. >> and on the republican side, this was about the time when we were saying john mccain had not a very good chance and turned out to do quite well. >> all of a sudden huckabee came up and didn't necessarily turn out all that great either. all right, thanks very much. see you sunday on st
when romney went out and announced, miss hole numbers rose. she went out and announced, her poll numbers rose. >> some have suggested michele bachmann in iowa could turn out to be the howard dean. you've heard of that analogy. >> i sure have. and you talk to people around town and there were people talking about the idea of sarah palin getting in the race running against sort of canceling out michele bachmann because there's fear that she gets started like a house fire and then it...
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i know, as you know it is not only cain there it is mitt romney, seen the abc/"washington post" poll, top two front runner, romney and cain what is the word from the romney camp today? >> well, you know, if cain's speech was sort of in your face in style, romney's was in substance. he outlined what was a pretty radical reshape willing of the federal government today. this was a plan that he says will cut $500 billion in government spending per year in a romney administration, up until the year 2016. he is talking about partially privatizing medicare, sending medicaid back to the states, cutting funding for programs like amtrak, planned parenthood, pbs, foreign aid and the list goes on and on. and it was also notable that romney did not even make mention at all, anything do what so ever with the cain malt they're has been unfolding this week. he stayed completely clear of t and i have to say, there was a huge contrast in the response to both of these speeches. they were almost standing on top of their chairs for herman cain and it was really polite applause for mitt romney, a big contr
i know, as you know it is not only cain there it is mitt romney, seen the abc/"washington post" poll, top two front runner, romney and cain what is the word from the romney camp today? >> well, you know, if cain's speech was sort of in your face in style, romney's was in substance. he outlined what was a pretty radical reshape willing of the federal government today. this was a plan that he says will cut $500 billion in government spending per year in a romney administration, up...
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results of our snap poll show that romney bettered obama by a margin of more than two to one. we'll show you numbers in a second. he has to try to build momentum as he heads to virginia to campaign tonight with his number two congressman paul ryan. now, there is the teeniest, tiniest slice of the american electorate. they're also the ones both presidential candidates are going really all-out now to try to get. what am i talking about? undecided voters. take a look at the latest cnn/orc poll and you'll see only 1% of likely voters do not have an opinion when you ask them who they would vote for if the election were held today. 1%, the undecideds. but everybody wants them. nobody has them. so who are these coveted few? lynn knows. she's a political science professor at ucla and she is analyzing all these voters for this upcoming book it's called "the gamble" about the 2012 election. lynn, welcome. i'm fascinated by who these people are. you look at the calendar, 33 days to go here until the election. are they undecided because they really are just absolutely torn over who to vot
results of our snap poll show that romney bettered obama by a margin of more than two to one. we'll show you numbers in a second. he has to try to build momentum as he heads to virginia to campaign tonight with his number two congressman paul ryan. now, there is the teeniest, tiniest slice of the american electorate. they're also the ones both presidential candidates are going really all-out now to try to get. what am i talking about? undecided voters. take a look at the latest cnn/orc poll and...
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mitt romney's down there today to endorse marco rubio who polls show is likely -- the primary is a way off. but polls show rubio likely to beat crist. charlie crist is the sitting republican governor. once a darling of the republican party. today he talked about the advice he's getting to run as an independent instead. >> i can tell you, i'm getting a lot of advice in that direction. so i'm a listener. so i'm certainly listening to it. >> listening this week. he was no, no, no, no, no way last week. that kind of talk doesn't sit well with the republican establishment here in washington. >> he would lose all republican support if he were to run as an independent. >> i hope that charlie crist will remain a republican. >> let's get to why we're even talking about this. we're talking about this because this is, as you said, a darling of the republican party. was considered a shoo-in. john mccain had endorsed charlie crist. >> a year ago. >> exactly. today the executive director of the republican senatorial campaign sent an e-mail that we obtained saying he has zero chance of winning the re
mitt romney's down there today to endorse marco rubio who polls show is likely -- the primary is a way off. but polls show rubio likely to beat crist. charlie crist is the sitting republican governor. once a darling of the republican party. today he talked about the advice he's getting to run as an independent instead. >> i can tell you, i'm getting a lot of advice in that direction. so i'm a listener. so i'm certainly listening to it. >> listening this week. he was no, no, no, no,...
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the current candidates from our poll in order, mitt romney, former alaskan governor, sarah palin, newt gingrich, and mike huckabee. does it matter? >> yeah, i think it does matter. at the end of the day, it's all very well and good having a poll that shows that a generic republican beats president obama. but i don't think that anybody on the republican side is under any illusions despite how vulnerable the president may be at this point. this is not going to be an easy election when you get to 2012. and i think ultimately when you look at a match-up, you can show that a generic republican may be beating him, but the contest will be about the actual individuals involved. so it does matter. and i think it's interesting that republicans are fairly undecided about it at this point. >> are there some people on the left who see in this president some sort of a shift toward the center and worrying -- you hear the complaints sometimes that he's worrying more about himself in the long-term than us in the short-term? >> i guess so, but you know, i don't think he's in that much danger as a result
the current candidates from our poll in order, mitt romney, former alaskan governor, sarah palin, newt gingrich, and mike huckabee. does it matter? >> yeah, i think it does matter. at the end of the day, it's all very well and good having a poll that shows that a generic republican beats president obama. but i don't think that anybody on the republican side is under any illusions despite how vulnerable the president may be at this point. this is not going to be an easy election when you...
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a new poll shows a tight race to the white house in a. according to a rocky mountain high likely voters obama has a 44% edge over mitt romney. only one has won arizona in the past 60 years. bill clinton in 1996. the romney campaign has a new ad out today featuring joe biden lafrg as his republican challenger congressman paul ryan talks about the struggling economy. the contrasting foot amg was from thursday's vice-presidential debate. a cnn/orc poll shows us. >>> a dangerous and daring effort to break the sky. today felix bottom guarder? is making an attempt to jump from the edge of space. brian todd is here with details. >> right now they're going through to process of inflating felix baumgartner's balloon. it could take as much as an hour. the launch of the balloon and capsule may not occur for at least another hour. from that point it will take two and half hours to three hours for him to ascend 120 feet above the surface of the earth. if it happened today, it may not happen until mid afternoon or early afternoon eastern time. so he's
a new poll shows a tight race to the white house in a. according to a rocky mountain high likely voters obama has a 44% edge over mitt romney. only one has won arizona in the past 60 years. bill clinton in 1996. the romney campaign has a new ad out today featuring joe biden lafrg as his republican challenger congressman paul ryan talks about the struggling economy. the contrasting foot amg was from thursday's vice-presidential debate. a cnn/orc poll shows us. >>> a dangerous and daring...
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mitt romney in 2007. so does the winner of the straw poll, boom, go on to be the nominee? no. ronald reagan, george h.w. bush, john mccain was the nominee in 2007. what happens on saturday doesn't necessarily mean there's your winner in the race. here's what it can do. here's the impact of the straw poll. he was a governor now and senator now. governor alexander, elizabeth dole, their presidency ended in the days our hours because of their performance being so week. and because of poor low expectations, straw poll performances. what do we look for in 2012? and strong grass roots, do they win for a top three showing. there's a write-in option. governor perry is announcing that he won't be in iowa. will they be mad or might they write them in. right them for conservative support. candy crowley in the freedom coalition, steve, even engel cals, some people report about that, like yourself, very important in your iowa caucus, very important in the straw poll and said that's the last thing i want to do and decided to take his advice to be submissive because the lord wanted her to be
mitt romney in 2007. so does the winner of the straw poll, boom, go on to be the nominee? no. ronald reagan, george h.w. bush, john mccain was the nominee in 2007. what happens on saturday doesn't necessarily mean there's your winner in the race. here's what it can do. here's the impact of the straw poll. he was a governor now and senator now. governor alexander, elizabeth dole, their presidency ended in the days our hours because of their performance being so week. and because of poor low...
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but according to our new poll, the vast majority of americans want romney to release more of his tax returns. and on the driving force of romney's campaign, the economy slightly more americans believe things will get better under the president. as chris christie put it this week, it's the candidate at the top of the ticket that matters. >> i mean, you really think people in the united states i'm not sure about this obama guy but i love biden. i'm voting for him for that reason. people don't do that. they just don't do it. >> our new poll also finds that despite a close race, two-thirds of americans believe the president will win re-election. and as for all of the nasty ads in recent days, the poll is split over whether the candidates have been attacking each other unfairly. wolf, just getting back to that factor of unknowability, if that's a word i could use about rob portman and tim pawlenty, very interesting in these poll numbers, 72% in the polls said they were unsure about rob portman. 58% about tim pawlenty. there's a lot of people out there who just don't know who either of the
but according to our new poll, the vast majority of americans want romney to release more of his tax returns. and on the driving force of romney's campaign, the economy slightly more americans believe things will get better under the president. as chris christie put it this week, it's the candidate at the top of the ticket that matters. >> i mean, you really think people in the united states i'm not sure about this obama guy but i love biden. i'm voting for him for that reason. people...
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yesterday she was in a separate poll at 25% to mitt romney's 21%. so michele bachmann doing extremely well in iowa right now. she needs to do well if she's going to take this presidential race off to new hampshire. she needs to win iowa in order to be a secure jumping off point. ron paul, by the way, coming in third in iowa with 14%. he did make a dramatic announcement, saying he will not seek re-election in the house of representatives next year. he's been in congress for a long time. 24 years as a representative from texas. his 14th congressional district. he says this is going to be his last term in the house of representatives. he's going to run full speed made for the republican presidential nomination. let some other republicans, democrats, independents run in that house seat -- for that house seat in texas. now let's get to the really big huge, important news of the day, brooke. you know what i'm talking about. this is a very, very special day in the history of the world. brooke baldwin's birthday. happy birthday, boorooke to you from me, fro
yesterday she was in a separate poll at 25% to mitt romney's 21%. so michele bachmann doing extremely well in iowa right now. she needs to do well if she's going to take this presidential race off to new hampshire. she needs to win iowa in order to be a secure jumping off point. ron paul, by the way, coming in third in iowa with 14%. he did make a dramatic announcement, saying he will not seek re-election in the house of representatives next year. he's been in congress for a long time. 24 years...
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mitt romney. take a look at the numbers. you'll see first up here, pennsylvania. the president is ahead 53% to romney's 42%. that's an 11-point lead. next, florida. the president leading romney 51 to 45%. same story in ohio where the president is campaigning for the nineth time this year alone. the 25th since he took office. the latest poll giving the president a 50 to 44% lead in the buckeye state. the president is ahead in these polls. i know you've accompanied him a couple of times to ohio. why is he in ohio again? what will he be saying today that he hasn't already said? >> reporter: that's right. he was in akron this afternoon less than a month ago. this is place he's become very familiar with. the new thing today is that president obama is touting a report by the tax policy center. it's a middle of the road tax group and the report says that mitt romney's tax plan would help the wealthier more than it would help the middle class. for instance, it says that if you were earning say a million d
mitt romney. take a look at the numbers. you'll see first up here, pennsylvania. the president is ahead 53% to romney's 42%. that's an 11-point lead. next, florida. the president leading romney 51 to 45%. same story in ohio where the president is campaigning for the nineth time this year alone. the 25th since he took office. the latest poll giving the president a 50 to 44% lead in the buckeye state. the president is ahead in these polls. i know you've accompanied him a couple of times to ohio....
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everybody says that the polls are skewed one way. >> reporter: a recent poll comes out that shows romney in front. how do you feel about that poll? >> well, he got a good bump out of the debate. >> reporter: so you're saying you believe that poll? >> yeah. >> reporter: for the people in this room, it is indeed tempting to now believe these latest numbers. but not everyone is ready to believe. the pew research poll shows romney in front now. do you believe that's accurate? >> probably as accurate as any out there. >> reporter: this woman had a thought she wanted to express. >> i think the only poll that's going to count is the one on november 6th. >> reporter: you can argue with what many people are saying, but you can't argue with that. >> gary tuchman, wow. that's a lot of people. a lot of opinions. biassed, not fair these polls. one woman saying there's a poll that says they're all wrong. i don't know what that poll is, but any who. what about the democrats though? once the polls start swinging away from president obama, did they feel the same way? >> we're hearing increasingly over th
everybody says that the polls are skewed one way. >> reporter: a recent poll comes out that shows romney in front. how do you feel about that poll? >> well, he got a good bump out of the debate. >> reporter: so you're saying you believe that poll? >> yeah. >> reporter: for the people in this room, it is indeed tempting to now believe these latest numbers. but not everyone is ready to believe. the pew research poll shows romney in front now. do you believe that's...
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the poll in the state of colorado, the new international poll shows 15% of likely polls backing obama. that's within the sampling number. 49-45, also within the margin of error. now today, governor romney's camp said he will campaign in pennsylvania on sunday. they claimed the deep blue key stone state is in play. they said the same thing in a memo but didn't cite any particular data. the obama campaign called it a sign of desperation on their part. joining me now with the raw politics, chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, and jim acosta and correspondent john king. >> the storm has been a real curveball for candidates. how has mitt romney been handling transitioning back to regular campaign mode? does he feel that it may have stopped his momentum? >> what we saw earlier from mitt romney, he went back on offense. after dialing back his criticism of president obama in the immediate aftermath of superstorm sandy, he went on the attack. he ridiculed the idea for the secretary and he unleashed this ad. a spanish language tv ad that linked president obama to hugo chavez and the
the poll in the state of colorado, the new international poll shows 15% of likely polls backing obama. that's within the sampling number. 49-45, also within the margin of error. now today, governor romney's camp said he will campaign in pennsylvania on sunday. they claimed the deep blue key stone state is in play. they said the same thing in a memo but didn't cite any particular data. the obama campaign called it a sign of desperation on their part. joining me now with the raw politics, chief...
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i think governor romney's a stronger candidate. i think the fundamentals are better for republicans. i have a very hard time believing some of these polls that are showing, you know, obama up by ten points in a place like ohio, and especially virginia. i do expect to be in the republican column come november. >> charles blow, one of the reasons people are believing this momentum is that every poll now appears to be widening. that may be an exaggeration. i'm sure we can find one or two which remain the same, but it seems that ever since the convention, we have seen obama's fortunes get better and mitt romney's get worse. and you've got to say as the tension builds to the first debate, this is make or break week, isn't it, for mitt romney? >> this is absolutely make or break week. it's not just from the convention. we still don't know what the ripple effects of that 47% gaffe or whatever you want to call that, i don't call it a gaffe, maybe he's speaking from theart i don't know what it is, but we don't know how that will ripple thro
i think governor romney's a stronger candidate. i think the fundamentals are better for republicans. i have a very hard time believing some of these polls that are showing, you know, obama up by ten points in a place like ohio, and especially virginia. i do expect to be in the republican column come november. >> charles blow, one of the reasons people are believing this momentum is that every poll now appears to be widening. that may be an exaggeration. i'm sure we can find one or two...
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, 36% support romney. why is he suffering among women voters right now? >> you don't look at what the ish i issue is, you need to know where the problem is. women care about jobs in the economy and raising their families and all of those things but they are not relating to him as much as we want them to. that means he has to work harder and he needs to bring that one golden bullet he's got, which is ann romney. when they see how strong she is, the fact she's a cancer survivor, ms survivor, great wife, strong supporter and her talk about him, i think he'll do a lot better. >> i've met ann romney. she's a wonderful woman. a lot of women out there are afraid if he's the next president of the united states, he will work to take away their rights to get contraception, birth control pills, abortion rights, that he's going to take all that away like a lot of the republicans on the right are suggesting. and they're scared. >> i think women are more thoughtful than that. i think they look at those issues as well as
, 36% support romney. why is he suffering among women voters right now? >> you don't look at what the ish i issue is, you need to know where the problem is. women care about jobs in the economy and raising their families and all of those things but they are not relating to him as much as we want them to. that means he has to work harder and he needs to bring that one golden bullet he's got, which is ann romney. when they see how strong she is, the fact she's a cancer survivor, ms...